#2026-346France Updates Pension and Disability Rules for Self-Employed Agricultural Workers
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This decree updates how retirement rights are calculated for self-employed agricultural workers in France. It clarifies which insurance periods and credited quarters count when assessing pension duration and certain pension components. The changes mainly affect farmers and other non-salaried agricultural professionals, as well as the bodies that administer their pension and disability benefits. Some rules apply to pensions starting from 1 January 2026, so affected workers and advisers should check whether credited quarters, buyback periods, or prior insurance periods are counted correctly.
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Key Changes
- Clarifies which credited quarters count in pension calculations for self-employed agricultural workers
- Updates the list of activity and insurance periods used to determine pension duration
- Applies several pension calculation changes to pensions starting from 1 January 2026
Obligations
What this law requires
For self-employed agricultural workers' pensions taking effect on or after 1 January 2026, pension administrators must include quarters credited under Social Security Code articles L. 173-1-5, L. 351-4 and L. 351-4-1 when calculating the pension component referred to in Article L. 732-24, I, 2°, b of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.
For self-employed agricultural workers' pensions taking effect on or after 1 January 2026, pension administrators must determine the duration of activity under Article L. 732-24, I, 2°, a by counting only the listed qualifying periods: insurance periods under Social Security Code Article L. 351-1 as applied by Article R. 732-48, assimilated periods under Articles L. 732-21 and L. 351-3 when the insured was principally or exclusively affiliated to the agricultural non-salaried scheme, and periods mentioned in Article R. 351-4, 4° of the Social Security Code, excluding insurance-duration increases handled under Article R. 732-61.
When applying Article R. 732-66 to self-employed agricultural pensions, pension administrators must take into account buyback contribution periods under Articles D. 732-47-9 and D. 732-81 regardless of the date on which the corresponding contributions were bought back.
For self-employed agricultural workers' pensions taking effect on or after 1 January 2026, pension administrators must, where applicable, increase the calculation under Article R. 732-66 III by the quarters attributed under the second paragraph of Article R. 732-61.
For requests submitted on or after 1 January 2026, pension administrators must apply the amended Article R. 732-94 rules without limiting them to 'own-right' pensions and without applying the former second paragraph.